For some credit card purchases in Canada, a postal code is required as a security measure. If using a credit card in the U.S., you may need to use a ZIP code instead. Many or all of the products on ...

Not only does Canada Post claim to own the copyright for Canadians' postal codes, but now it also claims to own the very phrase "postal code." Last spring, the Crown corporation launched a lawsuit ...

Can you copyright a postal code? Canada Post thinks so. The Crown corporation is suing a geocoding website for providing a free online database of Canadian postal codes, which it says infringes on its ...

A judge will soon be asked to decide if collecting a list of postal codes constitutes copyright infringement. Canada Post has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Geolytica Inc., an Ottawa-based, ...

Residents in Belle River will be getting new postal codes, a move Canada Post says is being made because of the community's growth. But some residents say they're not looking forward to the change.

“Canada’s poorest postal code” is a label that Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has worn for a very long time. “A man sits cross-legged on the sidewalk at the corner of Hastings and Main in Vancouver, a ...

Ron Blake says he doesn't understand why Canada Post is changing the postal code for the entire Belle River, Ont., delivery area. "I think it's stupid," said the resident of the town near Windsor. "I ...

As the Olympics draws closer, a number of international media have written stories on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a troubled neighbourhood with extreme poverty and serious drug problems. Calling ...